Vision Statement The Anderson County Arts Council (ACAC) believes that art is important to the life of a community. It strives to be a model arts organization for the Commonwealth of Kentucky by ensuring access to the arts for all ages, encouraging a community passion for the arts, and successfully supporting, partnering, and collaborating with others committed to the arts. JOIN US TODAY !

I don't write OpEds. I write personal essays that put a face on the topic of the day, an attempt to connect what's happening in the government (national/regional/local) to our real lives, to our common humanity. When people ask how I can do this kind of work in the current environment, especially while living in a deep red state, there is one answer: I am an optimist, still. Writing about politics has led me to a new love: teaching. I have an MFA in creative writing, and these days you can find me in the classroom at The Carnegie Center in Lexington, KY. I'm currently working on a memoir about being both a stepchild and a stepmother.

Since 1988, Cynthia has been operating Crosswinds Pottery in Harrodsburg, where she produces and displays wheel-thrown stoneware pottery using a propane-fired kiln and reduction glazes. She also uses found objects and mixed media imaginatively incorporated with clay and metal to create specialty home and garden products including bird baths, bird houses and sculptures. Cynthia holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Tulane University in ceramics. Find Cynthia Carr's work showcased by the Kentucky Arts Council with the link above, or give her a follow on Facebook!

The Lawrenceburg Academy of Performing Arts, Inc. has been providing music studio instruction for 25 years. We began with private voice and piano instruction and have offered guitar & violin instruction over the years as well. We have a fully licensed Kindermusik Educator that has been recognized through the years as a Maestro Level instructor. Our Kindermusik group classes are music & movement classes for Newborns - Age 7 and focuses on the whole child and music, movement & brain development. We are also involved in taking music & movement into local schools through our Kindermusik at School program. In 2017 we started the Lawrenceburg Children's Choir comprised of students in Grades 1-12 and soon followed with the Lawrenceburg Children's Theater which produces one Children's theater production per year. We offer a variety of music & theater camps for students and before COVID-19 hit we had enrolled for our first Community Adult Choir, which we hope to one day resume. Lawrenceburg Academy of Performing Arts, Inc. is in their second year bringing the Boots & Bourbon Nashville Songwriter Festival to Lawrenceburg at the Barn at McCall Springs. This is a writer round of Nashville's top hitmaker Songwriters. We have had the honor of hosting Lee Thomas Miller, Wendell Mobley, Paul Overstreet & Jeffrey Steele, whose hits have included songs recorded by Rascal Flatts, Randy Travis, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton & Montgomery Gentry to name a few. This songwriter festival is in the fall each year.

Jen is an art teacher, jewelry maker & artist. She enjoys using spiritual themes in her work and incorporating scripture & positive messages. Jen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University, with a focus area of drawing and painting. Although she’s been teaching art for over 20 years and making jewelry for 10, Jen has only recently revived her love for “pushing paint around.”